DEP awards grants worth $1.4 million for recycling assistance

DEP Cabinet Secretary Randy Huffman presented the 2013 grants during a ceremony at the DEP’s Charleston headquarters. Grants were awarded to state solid waste authorities, county commissions, municipalities, private industries and nonprofit organizations.

Funding for the Recycling Assistance Grants Program is generated through the $1 assessment fee per ton of solid waste disposed at in-state landfills and is provided by WV Code 22-15A-19(h) (1). REAP is the DEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan program.

Following are the grant recipients:

BERKELEY COUNTY Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority -- $125,750
To assist with site improvements and storage containers for the ongoing county-wide program.

BRAXTON COUNTY Braxton County Solid Waste Authority -- $128,521
To assist with personnel and to purchase a box truck, a forklift, and assist with the ongoing county-wide program.

CABELL COUNTY Cabell County Solid Waste Authority -- $47,600
To assist with personnel, and expand current mixed media recycling and educational media campaign for the county-wide program.

ROANE COUNTY Roane County Solid Waste Authority -- $75,700
To purchase a recycling box truck, a vertical baler, a forklift and assist with personnel and insurance for the truck for the ongoing county-wide program.

WAYNE COUNTY Wayne County Commission -- $47,300
To assist with roof replacement and to purchase portable loading dock for the ongoing program.

Wayne County Solid Waste Authority -- $26,964.36
To assist with personnel and fuel for the recycling trucks for the ongoing county-wide program.

WETZEL COUNTY Zanesville Welfare Organization/Goodwill -- $15,000
To purchase an electric forklift for the ongoing program.

WOOD COUNTY Parkersburg, City of -- $31,907
To purchase recycling bins, cardboard containers and assist with personnel for the ongoing city-wide program.

WVU at Parkersburg -- $15,450
To purchase a three-bin recycling trailer and to assist with the ongoing program.

WYOMING COUNTY Wyoming County Commission -- $17,315
To purchase a high density vertical baler for the ongoing program.